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Thuc. 3,94,4-5

TitleHistory of the Peloponnesian War
AuthorThucydides
Date5th, 4th Cen.B.C.
Original text τὸ γὰρ ἔθνος μέγα μὲν εἶναι τὸ τῶν Αἰτωλῶν καὶ μάχιμον, οἰκοῦν δὲ κατὰ κώμας ἀτειχίστους, καὶ ταύτας διὰ πολλοῦ, καὶ σκευῇ ψιλῇ χρώμενον οὐ χαλεπὸν ἀπέφαινον, πρὶν ξυμβοηθῆσαι, καταστραφῆναι. ἐπιχειρεῖν δ’ ἐκέλευον πρῶτον μὲν Ἀποδωτοῖς, ἔπειτα δὲ Ὀφιονεῦσι καὶ μετὰ τούτους Εὐρυτᾶσιν, ὅπερ μέγιστον μέρος ἐστὶ τῶν Αἰτωλῶν, ἀγνωστότατοι δὲ γλῶσσαν καὶ ὠμοφάγοι εἰσίν, ὡς λέγονται·
Source H. S. Jones, J. E. Powell, Thucydidis historiae, Bd. 1, Buch I-IV.
Source of translationP. Landmann, Thukydides: Geschichte des Peloponnesischen Krieges, Bd. 1, Buch I-IV.
Instances Thuc. 3,98,2armament of the Aetolians ; Thuc. 3,97,1Aetolians easy to defeat ; Arist. Fr. 8,508 (Rose) = Schol. Lyc. Alex. 799Eurytanians
Descriptorarmament, language, mentality, eating and drinking, settlement history
CoverageAetolia
Ethnic GroupsAetolians
EditorAnna Trattner-Handy
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